IgG4-related disease in the Japanese population: a genome-wide association study

IgG4-related disease is a newly recognised immunopathological entity that includes autoimmune pancreatitis, IgG4-related sialadenitis, and IgG4-related kidney disease. To understand the genetic landscape of IgG4-related disease, we did a genome-wide association study.We did a genome-wide association study of Japanese individuals, initially screening 857 patients with IgG4-related disease at 50 Japanese research institutions and DNA samples from...